The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday June 6th, 2022 – National Day of Sweden
The tradition of celebrating this date began 1916 at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium, in honor of the election of King Gustav Vasa on 6 June 1523, as this was considered the foundation of modern Sweden. Prior to 1983, the day was celebrated as the Swedish Flag Day. In 2005, it became an official Swedish public holiday.
Platinum Jubilees and Republican Questions by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
The platinum jubilee will bore and cause some to yawn. It might certainly agitate the republican spleen in the fourteen countries where Queen Elizabeth II remains a constitutional head of state. But the question remains: How does the institution this figure represents endure, if it should at all?
A rash of countries have expressed an interest in severing ties with the monarchy. In November last year, Barbados did so with some pomp, swearing in its first president, Sandra Mason, a former governor general. “Today,” Mason proclaimed, “debate and discourse have become action.”
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In the fields #poem & #painting by Amir Khatib
“Here, in the fields,
I try to smell the lilies,
it’s so many,
And until I’m done with it,
The freshest ones wither.”
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Screws & Chips #033 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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